Godavari River to Krishna River...
Video Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Project
Project Details
The project has one of the largest pump houses in Asia with 24 pumping units spread across an area of 7,476 sq m. The project has a combined capacity to discharge 240 cumecs of water. These pumps deliver water drawn from the river Godavari in Pattiseema into the Polavaram Project Right Main Canal for the benefit of farmers in the Krishna river delta. Under the Bachawat tribunal and inter-state agreement between Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, 100 tmc of water can be diverted from River Godavari to River Krishna. Pattiseema project will bring the 100 TMC water to River Krishna.This project has faced lot of hurdles in initial days as it was opposed by YSRC party citing that it had no storage component. Though there were objections from opposition parties chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu Naidu has decided to take up this project. The bold decision taken by chief Minister has helped thousands of farmer's cultivating 1.3 million acres in krishna delta which faces water shortage in the period june to august.The water pumped into canal from River Godavari would take 7 - 8 days to reach Prakasam Barrage after travelling by Gravity for about 160 km.
In 2015 as part of trial run it has lifted 8.8 tmc of godavari water to krishna delta which saved standing crops worth Rs2,500 crores during dry spell.During 2016-17 kharif season 56 tmc of godavari water released along with 20 tmc from Nagarjuna sagar project to meet needs of 11,35,900 acres of agriculture as well as 1,51,912 acres of aquaculture in Krishna delta.
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See also
- Polavaram Project
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